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“...the
best
festival I ever went to”. “...a
first
class Festival...”. “...an
inspiring
and unforgettable experience”. Click Here to Meet the Artists!!   Terms of Participation- Information: Any guitarist, guitar teacher, guitar student at any level, musician, student of any instrument or even a simple music lover may attend the VIII Guitar Congress-Festival. Persons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. All participants will be given commemorative diplomas, printed material, files, etc. -Cost of participation at the Congress-Festival: 30 Euros (which includes attendance to all of the events) -Cost of participation for players in the master-classes is 60 Euros and in both competitions 40 Euros (which may be paid in Corfu). Priority to the participation at the master classes will be given according to the order of the registration. To download applications, terms of participation, and find out where to send payments and applications click on the "Contact Us" link below. Read the Reviews: Read about the festival in an article in Classical Guitar Magazine - January 2004  Long term goals of the festival: To increase the 20/21th
century
guitar repertoire so that ample new works will continue to be available
and to encourage young composers (and not only) to write works for
guitar
through the commissioning of new works.
To offer performance opportunities and assist the careers of young players and composers through concerts and the Guitar Competition (some of our participants and past winners of the competition are having already careers in the field). To offer a forum for people interested in current information and methodology pertaining to guitar pedagogy. The above goals will
help propel
the guitar into to twenty-first century by eliciting a high level of
interest
in the guitar and, at the same time, making the guitar more accessible
to performers, composers and audiences.
The VIII Guitar Congress-Festival has the support of such leading Greek Art organizations as: The Municipality
of Corfu, The National Composers Association, D'Addario
Foundation, Clear
Note Publications/USA, and the American Embassy of Athens.
 VIII International Guitar Congress - Festival of Corfu/Greece Greek Non-profit Trade Associations Past Festivals: The
I Guitar
Congress-Festival took place in January 1992 in
Volos/Greece, During the last 10 years many important musicians joined the Corfu Festival: Jorge Morel, David Leisner, Roberto Aussel,Hubert Kappel, Dale Kavanagh, David Starobin, Gilbert Biberian, Ivan Rijos, Aldo Lagrutta, Thomas Kirchhoff, Bob Ward, Roland Dyens, Theodore Antoniou, Liza Zoe, Evangelos Asimakopoulos, Leonidas Kanaris, Joseph Urshalmi, Voislav Ivanovic, Elena Papandreou, Vangelis Boudounis, Graham Wade, Cordon Crosskey, Michael LeFevre, Elio Kalvano, Stergios Zygouras, John Mavreas, Kevin Gallagher, Markos Tsetsos, Vasilis Tigiridis, Kostas Grigoreas, Goran Krivocapic, Notis Mavroudis, Dimitra Galani, Antigoni Goni, Luca Macchi, Klaudia Delmer, Vagelis Fampas, Eva Fampas, Yorgos Fundoulis, George Zarb, Effie & Nancy Hatzi, Panayotis Ioannou, Iakovos Kolanian, Maro Razi, Giorgos Mouloudakis, Panayotis Adam, Kyriaki Konti, Nikos Stefanou, Kostas Christou, Nikos Piperis, Panayiotis Margaris, Nikos Tatsis, Iannis Papaioanou, Spiros Mazis, M. Travlos, A, Mpotsis, G, Kousis, E. Becherucci, Luka Macchi, Petros Theodorou, Theodore Kitsos, Anna Alexopoulou, Christos Zerbinos, Elio Galvano, Xaris Xanthoudakis, Nikolas Papadimitriou, Smaro Grigoriadou, N. Kariotis, G. Kertsopoulos, N. Vinios, Margarita Syggeniotou, Dimitris Kasfikis, Orestis Bazos, Apostolos Paraskevas, The Athens Chamber players, The Orchestra of Bulgaria, The Hellenic Contemporary Ensemble, The Corfu Choir, The Ionion Conservatory Orchestra and many others. For this year the program will include: Concerts and lectures
with well
known artists and scholars such as: Master classes with the above mentioned artists and Lectures by composers, scholars and performers on various subjects: New trends in the Guitar Chamber Music repertoire and style, Ethnic Music around the World, and American Guitar Music and Musicians For the VIII Festival a Guitar Composition Competition is under progress as well. Participating pieces will have their premieres during the Festival and the winning composers will be published and the first will join the following Festival as a guest where he or she can share a composer’s workshop with other guest composers.Another major part of the festival is the Guitar Performance Competition. This is a competition without an age limit and is based only on contemporary music. (The music of our time) Exhibition of books, scores, guitar supplies etc., by well known music publishers and music organizations. Specific activities: Lectures
Master
Classes A concert for new works commissioned by the Festival A concert of the composition competition works A concert with the best students from the master classes A concert of the Guitar Competition finalists. A Luthier’s workshop: Exhibitions: Receptions: -Evaluation forms will
be distributed
during the lectures and master classes and the data will be
analyzed.
The main festival’s events will be reviewed by the press and it will be
broadcast by the local TV channels and Radio stations. Hotel Accommodations: Participants can check in at noon (12 p.m.) onwards on the 23th of August 2005, Address: Scherias 6, Mon Repo Corfu/Greece Tel 0661/37950 or 37951, Fax: 0661 38904 Departure: August 29, 2005 (12 p.m.). The island of Corfu has an international airport. Board and Lodging: Hotel Arion {The following prices (in US Dollars) are per person and include: Private WC, breakfast, lunch and dinner at a beautiful restaurant next to the ocean (next to the hotel), T.V, Air condition, phone}. |
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